May 6th of each year is observed as Mother’s Day. For this occasion, the children of the South Bethesda Sai Center, Mid-Atlantic Region, submitted artwork in honor of the Divine Mother.     Varish

Hislop: The Buddha’s way of slowing down the mind is given much attention to in Burma. Swami must have a better way. Sai: The Buddha’s way of watching the breath as it enters and

The root cause of all difficulties experienced by man is forgetting his spiritual reality and identifying himself with his body. The body is only the vesture of the indwelling Spirit. By immersing himself in

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, on the occasion of Vishu [Kerala New Year], gave the following discourse in which He explained how to cleanse our minds. He said that man has to prepare himself

Hirak Doshi, a Doctoral Research Scholar is in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Sciences at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam. The clarion call came from the Lord on

Let me pray at Thy feet For, here are love, bliss and benevolence; Let me learn at Thy feet For, here are truth, knowledge, and prudence. Let me ail at Thy feet For, here

Devotee: In the West, sadhana [spiritual effort] is gene­rally taken to be a process of self‑improve­ment. But that implies identification with the changing personality? Sri Sathya Sai: First, there may be the urge to

The way to happiness lies through a track of pain and suffering, clarifies Bhagavan Baba to His students. Pleasure is simply the interval between two pains. Sometimes certain feelings originate in our heart. Clouds

Today we bid farewell to the year gone by and welcome the new year. We pray that the new spring should confer on all beings longevity, health, and goodness. Pleasant experiences and unpleasant memories

Today is the holy Yugadi (Telugu New Year) day. We bid farewell to the year gone by and welcome the New Year. We hope that during this year, called Siddharthi, our time and activity

The following are excerpts from Bhagavan Baba’s valedictory discourse that He gave to the National Symposium on Value Orientation in September 1987. “Human values cannot be learnt from lectures or text‑books. Those who seek

Years ago I had read an article on Baba in the Illustrated Weekly and had at once rejected the whole description as “trash,” sentimental, and useless. I used to receive those letters that most